FPN regulation

MechanismMediatorExpressionEffectorTargetMajor cell typesMain role
Transcription Oxidative stress Up NRF2 ARE Macrophage Erythrophagocytosis 
Heme Up BACH1 inactivation 
Hypoxia Up HIF2α HRE Enterocyte Dietary iron absorption 
Endotoxin Down TLR signaling Macrophage Inflammation 
Post-transcription* Decreased cellular iron Down miR-485-3p 3' UT Multiple Intracellular iron homeostasis 
Translation Decreased cellular iron Down IRP 5' UT IRE (FPN1A) Low iron flux Intracellular iron homeostasis 
Cell surface degradation Hepcidin Down Ubiquitination EC Loop C326 High iron flux Systemic iron homeostasis
Inflammation
Erythropoiesis 
Functional activity Unchanged Steric hindrance Iron efflux 
MechanismMediatorExpressionEffectorTargetMajor cell typesMain role
Transcription Oxidative stress Up NRF2 ARE Macrophage Erythrophagocytosis 
Heme Up BACH1 inactivation 
Hypoxia Up HIF2α HRE Enterocyte Dietary iron absorption 
Endotoxin Down TLR signaling Macrophage Inflammation 
Post-transcription* Decreased cellular iron Down miR-485-3p 3' UT Multiple Intracellular iron homeostasis 
Translation Decreased cellular iron Down IRP 5' UT IRE (FPN1A) Low iron flux Intracellular iron homeostasis 
Cell surface degradation Hepcidin Down Ubiquitination EC Loop C326 High iron flux Systemic iron homeostasis
Inflammation
Erythropoiesis 
Functional activity Unchanged Steric hindrance Iron efflux 
*

Not further characterized.

Not in enterocytes, erythroid cells.

ARE, antioxidant response element; EC, extracellular; HRE, hypoxia response element, IRE, iron response element; IRP, iron regulatory protein; miR, microRNA; UT, untranslated.

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